Our pick of the week: The story, the stat, the quote, the tweet

Lanre Bakare on the people and stories in the media spotlight in the last seven daysThe storyBlue-sky thinkingSteve Hilton's bizarre plans to boost the economy caught many unawares this week. The Financial Times revealed that David Cameron's shaven-headed strategist had some "blue-sky ideas" for the economy. The story could have come straight from an Armando Iannucci script, with the guru suggesting that the government should ignore European labour regulations by scrapping maternity leave and b...

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